Punk This Week

Nina goes behind the scenes (and, of course, eats) of her trip to New Orleans for the Pitchfork feature “ Twisted Teens Hit the Big Time .” Evan discovers his new favorite Halloween candy shape. At listener Joel’s behest, we listen to the Replacements’ “Fuck School” for the first time. It’s all this plus a discussion of new records by Billiam , Waifish , Public Acid , Terrible Pop , Acid Test , an...

Evan ponders indie rock dude nip slips and atones for his Thurston Moore goof at the library book sale. Nina enjoys Six Flags Fright Fest, Olivia Rodrigo’s shadow landscapers, and two cinematic feasts. We discuss new stuff from Covenant Eye , Visual Learner , WRRN , Pardoner , TVOD , and PUST . Also noted: Real Shocks , Famous Mammals , Sick Thoughts , Self Cut Bangs , Made Men , and that dog who...

Exhaustion leads to Evan dropping the scalp care routine. Nina sees Aaron Cometbus in the wild. One of us catches Iron Lung while the other watches a birthday boy hoover up cupcakes and pizza crusts. This time we talk about new records by Retail Simps , Tramhaus , the Bolt Ons , O.U.T. , the Hickeys , and Diet of Worms . Share this show with your friends! Leave us a five star review on Apple Podca...

Evan special orders the Gobbledok experience. The introduction of Bizza Shapes into the Midwestern ecosystem poses a potential problem. Nina reminisces about elaborate choreography. This week we talk about new ones from Baby Tyler , Able Baker , the Etters , Seconds , Robber , and Absolute Unit . Shout out P.P. Rebel , Wishy , Salmon Sisters , and the city of Madison. Share this show with your fri...

It’s an episode about our opposing recent waterslide experiences, vegan crepes, weird ice cream flavors [complimentary], babies dressed as JB Pritzker, and being gaslit by a box of the Original Boston Baked Beans. It’s a massive week for new punk music, so we discuss the latest from Gilla Band , CRV , Gurriers , Brain Tourniquet , Milk St. , and Nose Hair . Further relevant links: interviews with...

There’s (almost) no time for snack talk because Nina attended Riot Fest over the weekend while Evan witnessed the power bill of Jim E. Brown, Uranium Club, Cherry Cheeks, and Citric Dummies. It’s a boom period for great live punk shows in the U.S. amid a killer week for excellent new punk records, including new stuff from Perennial , Eraser , Dabda , Fugitive Bubble , Meadow , and Name Names . Fur...

For episode 101, we pledge allegiance to the dogs, state some trail mix preferences, shout out our favorite boilerplate wedding reception bangers, salute the Nitro flag , and play a game of Candy Corn Pumpkins Minesweeper. We also talk about great new punk records from Lack , Unity , Egomaniacs , Bed Maker , Hung Kong , and El Cuarto Oscuro . Share this show with your friends! Leave us a five star...

On the centennial episode of the podcast, Nina returns from Australia with tales of bands, bites, and BIZZA. We discuss new albums from Tense , 1-800-MIKEY , the Alices , Spread Joy , liga de barro , and HININ . Shout out new records by the Go , Loose Lips , Gleetch , Dirty Secret , and Snout Fever . Ad-free and bonus episodes are available only to paid see/saw subscribers . There’s a 25% off Labo...

While discussing Toffifay at the five-star review behest of true head and grocery store vandal Geriatric Punk Rocker , Evan and Nina are shocked by Brazil’s rendering of Tony the Tiger as a scheming pervert . Nina prepares to raid Australia’s snack offerings. We bring new records by Ty Segall , Totalitär , Nekra , Kurralta Park , No Magic , and DETH . Shout out Wine Lips and Rat Cage . Share this...

Nina’s voice is compromised once again, but this time, it’s Alan Schilke’s fault. That’s right, she’s back from Cedar Point, where a surprise literally fell into her lap during one of many rollercoaster rides. Nina gets to the Sweeping Promises gig. Evan’s drinkin’ huckleberry soda. We talk about Plum , Guiding Light , Black Marble , Xanny Stars , Clean Slate, and Que Lindo . For more on Oslo’s pu...

Leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts and we will talk about a snack of your choosing. Choose your fighter. Nina tries an apple soda that goes full Jolly Rancher, then offers a report from the Fiddlehead and American Football shows (on the same night, of course). We discuss new records by Sweeping Promises , xray xeroxx , the Shooters , PANG , Navaja , and Terror Management Band . We must...

After a deeply wholesome vacation and a trip to see the Gories, Evan hears about a D&D bar with vegan food, Green River, Suuns on the aux, and Malort ice cream. We shout out some favorites from our week off by Society, Mopar Stars, Sistema de Entretenimiento, and Mallory Hawk. We wax poetic about Useless Eaters , Kariah , Daddy’s Boy , Anti-Spectacular , pennines , and JUG . Shout out Quinn Mo...

see/saw jukebox is a bonus podcast about perfect punk records from Punk This Week hosts Nina Corcoran and Evan Minsker. Each episode, we’re joined by special guests to curate perfect punk records for a mythical jukebox. This time around, we sit down with Sweeping Promises prior to the release of their new album You Say I Romanticize . Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug discuss their Boston years, the...

Featuring Dog Date , Mesh , Vida Ruim , Cel Ray , Falcon Crust , and Cuticles . Bam! Bam! Bam! We’re swooning over punk records like some construction workers who just saw some meatballs get dusted with parmesan. A discussion of multiple outings to shows, the big five U.S. orchestras, and Nina’s superhuman ability to never get sick (until this week). Some quick housekeeping: Punk This Week is taki...

This week we discuss new ones from Cry Cyclops , Cold Comfort , OUST , Loaming , Face Off , and Rupture_punk . You want to live like we do? Eat some sour Super Cola candies from Japan, breathe that museum air away from all the wildfire smoke, (literally) introduce your parents to Twisted Teens, and most importantly, watch the cinema classic Face/Off (1997). Shout out Jet Moto (1996) and Rather be...

After a discussion about the lucha mask that lives on the back of a baseball hat (see below), sour candies, Krill, and the hostile puppet takeover of a sick Chicago ice cream spot, Evan and Nina cement their legacy as innovators with the invention of Drumba. They also discuss the new albums by Twisted Teens , the Carp , piso franco , NightFreak , La Increíble Patrulla X , and Vital Stress . Be sur...

On a post-Independence Day episode where we talk about the Ritornello Form , Hot Load , Grey Matter , Smirk , Far Too Late , and Chrome Cell Torture (plus ska, Nitro, and fruit salads), we open the episode with our overlooked favorite punk records from 2026 so far (which we hadn’t brought to the podcast this year so far). Evan’s picks: Useless Eaters’ Music for Clout , Noxeema’s Sick , Body Shop’s...

This new episode features records by Fiddlehead ( read David Anthony’s piece ), Alien Nosejob , Consensus Madness , Old Yeller , Girl Trouble , and Baby Jane . Plus, Evan and Nina take a long walk through recent ponderings—seeing “Weird Al” live, hearing bluegrass gossip about troublemaking cloggers, the rebranded resurgence of FKA Altoids Sours, the possibility of violet-flavored Choward’s, Jeni’...

As Midwestern punk podcasters who love snacks, we finally talk about Culver’s and chalky candies. Nina introduces Evan to Sky Bar, who immediately creates the Sky Bar Challenge. This time we discuss new records by Roberta Lips , Non Plus Temps , the Annabel and Calendars split , L.O.T.I.O.N. , Quitters , and Body Suit . If you like this podcast, please leave us a review + share it + subscribe! Pun...

Don’t go down to the basement (to watch D. Sablu) while the Knicks lock down their historic game four comeback. Two decadent desserts: butterscotch budino and Stuf of Doom Oreos. We stan toot meme kings Miles Davis and Victor Von Doom . We’re mall walking, we’re demanding some globes (again), and we’re talking about new records from Buckets , Cherry Cheeks , Potluck! , Finale , Reveal Yourself , a...

Evan and Nina discuss how many boxes of Cracker Jacks we’re putting down in a given year, New England-exclusive seltzer flavors, why all punk bands should be sending out fan club cards, and some great new records by Gimic , Edging , Pleasure Cube , Gripe , TANO! , and Prisão . (A bonus shout-out to Teathing , Osees , Slippers , and Rejecter .) Be sure to check out the new episode of see/saw jukebo...

Evan and Nina celebrated some dear friends over the weekend. This happened mere days after getting shouted at by one of their heroes during a taping of see/saw jukebox . (Everybody’s cool, it’s an amazing conversation.) We tell the story of that imminent episode and talk about some records that remind us of Zorak and Breakout . It’s episode 87 featuring new ones from Eddy Current Suppression Ring...

Nina asks a burning question about public bathroom hand dryer technique and road trips for a grail television and some free VHS tapes. This episode’s unofficial title is “Dysons, Drive-Ins, and DBZ.” We chop it up about new records from Marbled Eye , FILM , Jacket Burner , Piper Maru , Obamacare , and Gremlin . If you like this podcast, please leave us a review + share it + subscribe! Punk This We...

One host enjoys a weekend with Robber Robber and a very fast wooden rollercoaster. The other spills coffee all over their office floor in the middle of recording. Which band shirt is used to mop up the coffee spill? Find out and hear us talk about new stuff from PINKLIDS , Prisonnier Du Temps , Edna Mode , G2K , God Entered My Body Like a Body My Same Size (check out Drew B. Hall ’s comics work),...

Evan tries root beer float cereal, Nina orders an alcoholic root beer, and we both go see Reno’s Rotary Club on their conquering tour of the Midwest. We both admit that we wish we had fancy globe bar carts in our respective offices, and we pay our respects to Greedo’s dying word (2019) . This week we’re getting into new records from Cola, T-Models, Fiona Slide, Automatic Lovers, open carry state,...